Report emphasizes need for Hawaiʻi working family tax credit

Taxes & Budget

Mar 6

Hawaiʻi Appleseed has released a new report titled “Struggling to Make Ends Meet: The Need for a Working Family Credit.” The report highlights the results of a survey that we commissioned to learn more about the financial situation of Hawaiʻi residents and their opinion of tax credits that would let low-income workers keep more of what they earn.

The results were both sobering and promising.

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Nicole Woo

Director of Research & Economic Policy at the Hawai‘i Children’s Action Network and former Senior Policy Analyst for Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice.

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